Dothead: Poems

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Dothead: Poems

A captivating, no-holds-barred collection of new poems from an acclaimed poet and novelist with a fierce and original voice

Dothead is an exploration of selfhood both intense and exhilarating. Within the first pages, Amit Majmudar asserts the claims of both the self and the other: the title poem shows us the place of an Indian American teenager in the bland surround of a mostly white peer group, partaking of imagery from the poetâ€™s Hindu tradition; the very next poem is a fanciful autobiography, relying for its imagery on the religious tradition of Islam. From poems about the treatment at the airport of people who look like Majmudar (â€œmy dark unshaven brothers / whose names overlap with the crazies and God fiendsâ€) to a long, freewheeling abecedarian poem about Adam and Eve and the discovery of oral sex, Dothead is a profoundly satisfying cultural critique and a thrilling experiment in language. United across a wide range of tones and forms, the poems inhabit and explode multiple perspectives, finding beauty in every one.
Country USA
Brand Knopf
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
Color Blue
ReleaseDate 2016-03-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781101947074

Country	USA
Brand	Knopf
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Blue
ReleaseDate	2016-03-29
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781101947074

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